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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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